Tuna and Beans
by Nigella. Featured in NIGELLA EXPRESSIntroduction
This has always been the Italian antipasto, and though you are more likely to come across it as the traditional combination of tonno and cannellini, I love the flecked terracotta of borlotti beans, giving you the colours of Tuscany on a plate.
This makes a simple, speedy supper for two; all I'd want alongside is some good bread.
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This has always been the Italian antipasto, and though you are more likely to come across it as the traditional combination of tonno and cannellini, I love the flecked terracotta of borlotti beans, giving you the colours of Tuscany on a plate.
This makes a simple, speedy supper for two; all I'd want alongside is some good bread.
For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
Ingredients
Serves: 2
- ½ red onion (finely chopped)
- 4 x 15ml tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 x 400 gram cans borlotti beans
- 225 - 250 grams canned tuna
- 2 x 15ml tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- Maldon sea salt flakes (to taste)
- black pepper (to taste)
- 2 x 15ml tablespoons chopped fresh flatleaf parsley
- ½ red onion (finely chopped)
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 x 14oz cans borlotti beans
- 7 - 8 ounces canned tuna
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- kosher salt (to taste)
- black pepper (to taste)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh italian parsley
Method
- Put the chopped onion into a bowl with the lemon juice and let it steep while you get on with the salad.
- Drain the beans and rinse to get rid of any gloop, then place in a bowl.
- Drain the tuna and flake it into the beans.
- Add the olive oil and some salt to the onion and lemon juice mixture, whisking to make a dressing, then pour it over the tuna and beans and transfer to a serving dish.
- Fork the tuna and bean salad through, seasoning with salt and ground pepper, and scatter the parsley over; if you want to put this on a plate (rather than a dish) consider strewing the plate with rocket first, or make a leafy border.
- Put the chopped onion into a bowl with the lemon juice and let it steep while you get on with the salad.
- Drain the beans and rinse to get rid of any gloop, then place in a bowl.
- Drain the tuna and flake it into the beans.
- Add the olive oil and some salt to the onion and lemon juice mixture, whisking to make a dressing, then pour it over the tuna and beans and transfer to a serving dish.
- Fork the tuna and bean salad through, seasoning with salt and ground pepper, and scatter the parsley over; if you want to put this on a plate (rather than a dish) consider strewing the plate with rocket first, or make a leafy border.
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Posted by Philcape on 21st July 2022
Show more commentsHow can something so simple be so delicious? I was sceptical. But kept the faith. And was rewarded with a splendid supper - for almost no effort.
Rather than bread, we opted for a mixed salad with bitter leaves and a slightly sweet dressing. Simple perfection.